This guide is written for Android 4.4 and whatever version of Light flow that was the latest at the time. The menus are not the same for the latest version, but the same settings still apply.
1. Settings in Light flow
Check Direct mode, Root mode and HTC alternative mode.
If you are using Android 5.0, also check Run every command as root.
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2. Settings in Android
Uncheck Flash LED notification under Display in settings.
3. Settings for the specific notification
Check Enable Mixer. Choose Solid or Flash under the color you want. Green and amber are the only colors that work.
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You can change the flashing pattern by changing the LED brightness. There are only two values that work AFAIK: 1 and 4 (2 and 3 works too but gives the same result as 1).
It's possible to combine the two colors, one solid and one flashing. Note: solid green and flashing amber is not the same as solid amber and flashing green. It is also possible to combine two flashing colors in one specific combination, check list below.
This gives us a total of 11 combinations:
Solid green
Solid amber
Flashing green, value 1
Flashing green, value 4
Flashing amber, value 1
Flashing amber, value 4
Solid green + flashing amber, value 1
Solid green + flashing amber, value 4
Solid amber + flashing green, value 1
Solid amber + flashing green, value 4
Flashing green, value 4 + flashing amber, value 1
All combinations are not easy to see but since the options are very limited it's always nice to have more to choose from.
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djr83 said:
1. Settings in Light flow
Check Direct mode, Root mode and HTC alternative mode.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88075/Screenshot_2014-04-22-13-32-08.png
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88075/Screenshot_2014-04-22-13-32-37.png
2. Settings in Android
Uncheck Flash LED notification under Display in settings.
3. Settings for the specific notification
Check Enable Mixer. Choose Solid or Flash under the color you want. Green and amber are the only colors that work.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88075/Screenshot_2014-04-22-13-36-37.png
You can change the flashing pattern by changing the LED brightness. There are only two values that work AFAIK: 1 and 4 (2 and 3 works too but gives the same result as 1).
It's possible to combine the two colors, one solid and one flashing. Note: solid green and flashing amber is not the same as solid amber and flashing green. It is also possible to combine two flashing colors in one specific combination, check list below.
This gives us a total of 11 combinations:
Solid green
Solid amber
Flashing green, value 1
Flashing green, value 4
Flashing amber, value 1
Flashing amber, value 4
Solid green + flashing amber, value 1
Solid green + flashing amber, value 4
Solid amber + flashing green, value 1
Solid amber + flashing green, value 4
Flashing green, value 4 + flashing amber, value 1
All combinations are not easy to see but since the options are very limited it's always nice to have more to choose from.
If this helps you, please click the thanks button!
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Does this allow the LED to stay lit until you dismiss a notification? Unlike now where the LED goes out after 5 mins?
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@home said:
Does this allow the LED to stay lit until you dismiss a notification? Unlike now where the LED goes out after 5 mins?
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On my device the notification LED using lightflow as described stays on!
Note: the solid LED settings gives a dimmed LED regardless of color and values.
With this useful thread I have setup eg. sms with solid green plus blinking amber with success. That makes a difference from the HTC standard always blinking green :good:
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Does this allow the LED to stay lit until you dismiss a notification? Unlike now where the LED goes out after 5 mins?
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Yes.
Do I need root for this to work?
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T3hBraveBoss said:
Do I need root for this to work?
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Probably. You need root for root mode and I'm not sure what happens if you don't use root mode.
Silly you can't choose your notification light color on stock with this phone.
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Yes.
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duckstardeluxe said:
On my device the notification LED using lightflow as described stays on!
Note: the solid LED settings gives a dimmed LED regardless of color and values.
With this useful thread I have setup eg. sms with solid green plus blinking amber with success. That makes a difference from the HTC standard always blinking green :good:
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What setting do you use to keep the led on?
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What setting do you use to keep the led on?
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The same as in the first post.
Thanks very much for the guide. This is very helpful for someone like me coming over from Samsung which is very different.
Is this a paid option that I need? I don't see this option in my version comparing the picture that is posted. I'm on the Free version trying to get a feel for it first.
3. Settings for the specific notification
Check Enable Mixer. Choose Solid or Flash under the color you want. Green and amber are the only colors that work.
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jamng said:
Thanks very much for the guide. This is very helpful for someone like me coming over from Samsung which is very different.
Is this a paid option that I need? I don't see this option in my version comparing the picture that is posted. I'm on the Free version trying to get a feel for it first.
3. Settings for the specific notification
Check Enable Mixer. Choose Solid or Flash under the color you want. Green and amber are the only colors that work.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...2-13-36-37.png
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AFAIK this is not specific for the paid version.
I too can't see the options for green/Amber under Enable Mixer? Any ideas?
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Limbani said:
I too can't see the options for green/Amber under Enable Mixer? Any ideas?
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Could you please post a screendump.
There's nothing under the mixer option..
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Limbani said:
There's nothing under the mixer option..
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Strange. I guess you'll have to contact the developer of Light flow.
There must be way to modify stock .xml file and change duration time for LED notification. Existing 5 min is useless. I whish I know where to look for.
VectorM8 said:
There must be way to modify stock .xml file and change duration time for LED notification. Existing 5 min is useless. I whish I know where to look for.
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Is this related to Light flow? I can have LED notifications for a very long time. Not sure how long, haven't tested the limits.
Light Flow didn't work for me. But I did find line where I can change value. I think it will work sync there is no problem with led notifications on Revolution HD 7.0
Can someone correct me if I'm wrong.
system/costumize/acc/ default.xml.
<item type="integer" name="NMS_feature_led_flash_timeout">5</item>
</app>
VectorM8 said:
Light Flow didn't work for me. But I did find line where I can change value. I think it will work sync there is no problem with led notifications on Revolution HD 7.0
Can someone correct me if I'm wrong.
system/costumize/acc/ default.xml.
<item type="integer" name="NMS_feature_led_flash_timeout">5</item>
</app>
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If it's not specific to Light flow, make another thread about it please. This thread is for Light flow on the M8 only.
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I'm trying to change the LED colors for certain things, but it's just not working...
1st, i want the text LEDs to blink blue. I disabled messaging notifications, and on handcent, set it as blue... SMS still goes on to a steady red for a second, then goes off when I receive a text.
2nd is email. Its a solid red as well. I want this to blink green
and finally the battery. I'd like it to blink red on 10%. on full charge, solid green would be nice.
any help?
I'm thinking a rom might be in need for something like this? it looks like something is overriding custom app settings for the colors
Try a search. This topic as been discussed already.
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off to search I go
if u find any info can u post back here with a link ?
dumpringz said:
if u find any info can u post back here with a link ?
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lmfao
10lulz
htere is no green led on the epic...
blue and red and the combination which is magenta.
to play with led setttings open the dialer and hit *#0*#
austin420 said:
htere is no green led on the epic...
blue and red and the combination which is magenta.
to play with led setttings open the dialer and hit *#0*#
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Exactly
When you hit green you will get magenta
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Is it possible to, like the small little notification led, make the smartphone's buttons (home, search, back and options(?)) (or even just one button, if the respective drivers allow it) stay on when there's a pending notification?
I saw this on a friend's LG 2X and he told me that was a customization made by someone in a custom ROM, so that wasn't a stock feature.
I think this will be, if it's doable, an awesome extra feature since the led is too much tiny to capt our attention to the pending notification and I imagine it's not very hard to implement.
Thanks in advance.
Well I am gonna point out that the small notification led we have is really cool RGB led. So you can have different colours depending on what it's going to notify about. Sad thing is as you stated it's pretty small and not visible at some points.
I would say the thing you wish for is up to the ones who customize roms. Ask them, head over to the development section.
Right. I'll post this in Dev section.
As long as we're talking about notification led, can someone tell me where to find full a description of light colors and meanings? The manual on the Huaweis own site isn't full/complete, 'coz it doesn't mention a blue color. I once got the led to flash blue, when Watchdog Lite "got a wiff" of an app that misbehaved and notified me about it. And it wasn't a one time event, since it did it with every Watchdog notification.
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As long as we're talking about notification led, can someone tell me where to find full a description of light colors and meanings? The manual on the Huaweis own site isn't full/complete, 'coz it doesn't mention a blue color. I once got the led to flash blue, when Watchdog Lite "got a wiff" of an app that misbehaved and notified me about it. And it wasn't a one time event, since it did it with every Watchdog notification.
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if the application can manage the led then you could see every possible colour if it is programmed for it...
for example through the handcent sms you can put whatever colour you want for the notification the programm handles...
so maybe with watchdog you can try it too...
they don't have special meanings the colours and they turn on to the colour they are programmed to from the company...
Is there a good app to set notification light color? Besides Light Flow (which changes the color but only blinks once or stays always on) or Blink (which asks for an internet access I don't want to grant due the usability settings, and thus haven't even tried)? Any way to change 'em manually?
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Well playing with the phone, if you select this 'option' in the app, this is the color that was actually displayed when tested:
format> color selected to display as : color shown on device
Blue > red
Green > 'fuchsia' ; some form of puple/blue. color can be argued
Red > Green/Yellow; lime-ish color
Yellow > 'white' ;a hybrid od the green, blue, and purple
Magenta > Green/Yellow, leaning slightly more green
Cyan > 'fuchsia' as above
Nothing scientific done, tested using go sms; just displaying for general usage / preference. Though it seems if you do anything to make a 'custom' color, it generally defaults to one of the above colors.
+1 GoSMS FTW! This was a big help though!
I wish there was an app like "super color LED" that would change the color of your LED based on if there was a missed call, missed text, etc...diff color for each kind
eyecon82 said:
I wish there was an app like "super color LED" that would change the color of your LED based on if there was a missed call, missed text, etc...diff color for each kind
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflowlite
dpwhitty11 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflowlite
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Did they fix the issues that occurred on the S3 from the light Flow app?
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dpwhitty11 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflowlite
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doesnt seem to work on the s3
eyecon82 said:
doesnt seem to work on the s3
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It works, but it 'works' like the change I listed in the OP; they color you choose isn't always the one displayed, but with this, you can change the color for other notifications. Also, it made my charging LED green..not okay. lol
Whew, thought I was color blind!
So far, each notification has been white but looking closely, it looks a muffled with tinges of red and blue in there.
How should it be?
It is rgb so it should be an array of colors. I know there are apps like light flow I believe that allow you to change the color. Gosms pro for example already allows me to change color
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All the default notification lights are white as far as I am concerned. The colour tinges is from there actually being 3 coloured LEDs being on at the same time to mix the colours into white. But, yes, if you want to customise it use Light Flow.
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Ok so can anyone else let me know if they get any other colour from gmail?
Tried light flow and the test mode flickered green (but no other colours) so it seems it is working at least.
shaneydroid said:
Ok so can anyone else let me know if they get any other colour from gmail?
Tried light flow and the test mode flickered green (but no other colours) so it seems it is working at least.
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I have red for gmail... I am wondering if this is related to the fact that I have restored some data with titanium backup...
Hmm. Strange. I notice I am not always getting notifications at all, neither LED or tone.
Hi everyone,
I upgraded from a Nexus S, on which it was common "knowledge" that using the capacitive buttons as notification LEDs, leaving them "on" used less power than having them blink, and either way using them saved a ton of power over waking the phone up constantly to check for missed notifications. I also wasn't worried about them overheating or anything because they're so low-power and on stock Android they're always on if the screen is on anyway.
Now that I'm messing with LightFlow, I'm fascinated by all the ways I can use colours and blink rates to know what's going on, but is there anything I need to be careful of? Does leaving the LED on use a significant amount of power, or is leaving it on a significantly lower power cost than switching your screen on for a second every 20 minutes to see if you missed anything? Do I need to worry about wearing it out if, say, I have a particular colour that's on 8 hours a day (i.e.: charging/fully charged)?
Lastly, and this one's just out of curiosity, do you have a particular logical colour scheme for your notifications? I'm trying to decide between colours based on urgency (i.e.: red = urgent, all the way down to blue = take your time) or trying to get the colour of the LED to match the colour of the app icon. Do you just assign random colours or is there method to your madness?
Thanks for anything you can help me with!
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Lastly, and this one's just out of curiosity, do you have a particular logical colour scheme for your notifications? I'm trying to decide between colours based on urgency (i.e.: red = urgent, all the way down to blue = take your time) or trying to get the colour of the LED to match the colour of the app icon. Do you just assign random colours or is there method to your madness?
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Not really, I just settled on:
WHITE - SMS
ORANGE - Gmail
GREEN - Missed Call
RED - No Signal (my house is Faraday Cage)
And that's it. Don't really need LED notifications for other apps. Feel like it needs some blue in there though!
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Which one do you suggest? Also if a mod wants to move this, sorry, please do. I thought it was a pretty "Nexus 4 General" question.
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Not really, I just settled on:
WHITE - SMS
ORANGE - Gmail
GREEN - Missed Call
RED - No Signal (my house is Faraday Cage)
And that's it. Don't really need LED notifications for other apps. Feel like it needs some blue in there though!
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How about low battery if you really want to get some blue in there?
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Which one do you suggest? Also if a mod wants to move this, sorry, please do. I thought it was a pretty "Nexus 4 General" question.
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Q&A section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1909
TheFiveDots said:
Q&A section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1909
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I did has following:
Green (flash) - SMS/MMS (matches the icon)
White (flash) - Gmail (mail/letters come on white paper)
Purple (flash) - Facebook (kinda matches the icon color)
Blue (flash) - Google Voice (same as above)
Red (flash) - low battery (red = critical)
Yellow (flash) - Missed call
Orange (flash) - Calender
Pink (flash) - Song Pop (girly color for girly game)
Green (solid) - Fully charged
For the flash I used the custom timing of 1000ms on, 1000ms off.
jakejm79 said:
I did has following:
Green (flash) - SMS/MMS (matches the icon)
White (flash) - Gmail (mail/letters come on white paper)
Purple (flash) - Facebook (kinda matches the icon color)
Blue (flash) - Google Voice (same as above)
Red (flash) - low battery (red = critical)
Yellow (flash) - Missed call
Orange (flash) - Calender
Pink (flash) - Song Pop (girly color for girly game)
Green (solid) - Fully charged
For the flash I used the custom timing of 1000ms on, 1000ms off.
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Did you experience any battery issues due to lightflow?
I'm colorblind so I have to keep it simple.
Blue: SMS/MMS
Green: email
White: Facebook/G+
Red: Missed Call/Battery low
I have too much trouble distinguishing the other colors.
I use color code and based on priority from highest to lowest
Yellow = missed call/VM
Orange =vox
Green = IM
Blue = sms
Red = Email
That's it I think. Others I don't care enough about to have a notification on.
Oh. and I haven't noticed a change in battery life with light flow. Although in the past with other devices there were issues that eventually get fixed.
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Did you experience any battery issues due to lightflow?
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Not for the short while I had it, there are several ROMs out now that have LED customization built in now.
Am I correct to assume there is no LED customisation available for missed calls, charging battery, SMS in the original stock Android version of Nexus 4?
pratopathak said:
Am I correct to assume there is no LED customisation available for missed calls, charging battery, SMS in the original stock Android version of Nexus 4?
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Correct....
galaxys said:
Correct....
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Phew.I thought there was an issue with my Nexus 4 initially! I was a HTC user and all notifications came as default!